Thank you to all our Hall of Famers and to all of you who have become part of our Finest Family ... as regular contributors and supporters who drop in every day to say hello. We wouldn't be here without you. : )

We're well over two years old now, and we're still having fun. We hope you are. As promised, for your information and perusal, here is our eleventh "Hall of Fame" - a list of all our threads from the very beginning ... from Monday, June 24, 2002 through Monday, March 28, 2005.

1) Click on the graphic to open the Calendar. 2) Once there you can click on any month and even click to the right to go into next year. Once you are in the month that you joined FR you will need to click on the number in the calendar and then an add item screen will come up. 3) In the next box enter your name in the "Calendar Text" field and then click on submit. 4) If any of the screens fail to load simply click on refresh in your browser and that will usually fix it. 5) If all else fails or simply if you want me to do this for you send me a FReepmail and I will gladly do it for you. ~Mixer

Click on the photo to view the album. To submit your photo, please contact dansangel or .45Manatdanbh59@yahoo.com and include Freeper Photo Album in subject line.

Good morning, Finest Friends. Here are links to all our threads for the past three months, along with the Hall of Fame links to *all* threads from the beginning. Hope you'll drop in and browse through some of the oldies (but goodies, of course) throughout the day.

Below are names of some of our FReepers' loved ones who are serving our country. If you have someone you would like to add, please address a post to Billie; Mama_Bear; Dutchess; Aquamarine; The Mayor, and we will add their name to this list. As we pray for them, we pray also for all our nations leaders, and military personnel, and their families and friends. May God hold them close to His heart.

Good morning sweetie.. Maybe the ONLY advantage of a slow computer & a modem connection is watching your offerings open... for a long time I just had shiny god on the screen.. the outside of the matting as it turned out , but for a while the screen glowed like a treasure chest.. and then there became a treasure chest of information with in the frames.

Thank you again for the lovely presentation.

There is something strange going on outside here Billie.. there is a gold glow/ball ALSO outside in the sky... no gloom or rain....

Hi, Dolly - I have a modem connection, too, and sometimes it's slower than other times, so I know exactly what you mean about 'watching' the posts open. :) By the time I post mine, though, everything opens pretty quickly because I've had it in my cache for a while. It's mostly Lori's state threads that I have to 'wait' on in order to see them in all their glory because they're 'new' to my browser and have so many tables and graphics to open. :)

The Forest And The Tree

Blessed is the man who endures temptation. -James 1:12

All of us have been so close to a temptation that we've lost our perspective. It may have involved something as small as a rumor that we knew shouldn't be passed along, but the urge to gossip blocked out our sense of love and good judgment.

Adam and Eve faced a similar problem. They became so preoccupied with one plant in their garden paradise that they couldn't see the forest for the tree.

Just look at what it cost them. The Garden of Eden had been created especially for them. In it they knew no evil, no trials, no sickness, no death. They enjoyed the company of the Creator Himself. Yet they gave up everything they had-just to eat the fruit of that one forbidden tree.

Their mistake still plagues us. How often do we miss the whole forest of God's goodness for a single tree of testing? The moment of temptation seems so overwhelming, the idea so irresistible, our twisted logic so justifiable.

Think about all that Adam and Eve left behind in the Garden. Fill your mind with the truths of God's Word and rely on the Holy Spirit's moment-by-moment guidance and strength. Then you'll experience the lasting joy of God's blessing rather than temporary pleasure. -Mart De Haan

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that actually enjoys the slow loading of the threads because of dial up :)

Good morning all.

My computer chose to take a nose dive on me Sunday night so I am currently sharing my daughter's which hubby moved to my "office" this morning. Poor man tried so hard to fix it for me yesterday morning and again when he got home from work, to no avail.

At least we were able to determine it was not a user failure or a hard drive failure (thank goodness for that)......but as hubby said - he can't poop parts - so he got online last night and ordered a new motherboard, processor and assorted other things for it.

Good morning, sweet ((Billie)). I've been missing all of you and your fine post. The reason is that I was in a car accident last Monday. My computer at home is down (getting a new laptop this week) and I had to wait until I came back to work to get caught up. I don't think that will happen any time soon but just wanted to let you all know. Other than a few bruises, I'm doing OK. And, I'm glad to be back.

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posted on 03/29/2005 10:52:57 AM PST
by Texagirl4W
(Father, bless the person reading this in whatever it is that You know they are needing this day!)

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